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bettypie
Joined: 18 May 2009
Location: Boeun, South Korea
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 Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:53 pm Post subject: breaking contract, finding a new job |
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| We are a couple. Certain things are not going well at our school and we are wondering if we need to quit and move on. While we intend on waiting until we are SURE things won't get better, we need some information, just in case. Can anyone tell us, if we decide to leave our current job, what our options are for working somewhere else in Korea? Will we need to re=submit all of our E2 visa documents such as background check and transcripts? where do Americans who are in Korea go for visa runs? will another school even hire us if we quit our current jobs before the contract is up? |
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Banana_Man
Joined: 01 Mar 2010
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| You are a couple - if you both quit at the same time expect the school to be angry - also expect them to make it a hassle. If you manage to quit successfully, you need a letter of release to transfer your VISA to another school - if not, you may need to get all the documents again and wait until your VISA expires to apply again. |
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bettypie
Joined: 18 May 2009
Location: Boeun, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for that. I just read up on some of the other posts about visa transfers and letters of release. I think I can guess the answer to this question, but just in case: Can my school refuse to sign a letter of release for us? Like, if we tell them we're quitting and they get completely P.O.ed and refuse to sign the release? If so, then what? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| bettypie wrote: |
| Thanks for that. I just read up on some of the other posts about visa transfers and letters of release. I think I can guess the answer to this question, but just in case: Can my school refuse to sign a letter of release for us? Like, if we tell them we're quitting and they get completely P.O.ed and refuse to sign the release? If so, then what? |
Your school is NOT required to give you a LOR.
IF you give notice at a hakwon be prepared to work your last month for free.
If you are less than 6 months in, just leave (the day after payday).
move out of your apartment.
Go to immigration and tell them that you quit.
GET AN EXIT ORDER (30 days). This gives you time to find a new job and make a visa run.
You will need a FULL set of documents for a new visa.
Make your visa run (usually to Japan but Guam is also an option for you).
Start at your new job. |
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Banana_Man
Joined: 01 Mar 2010
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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^good advice.
Be careful - as I said both of you quitting at the same time will probably annoy them, so make sure you say (if you are going to tell them) after pay-day, try to get everything you are owed - it can be hard, perhaps best to just run. If you run they won't give you a letter of release but, with the 2 of you going at the same time, they probably wouldn't anyway. Listen to Ttompatz^^* |
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Mister
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
Your school is NOT required to give you a LOR.
IF you give notice at a hakwon be prepared to work your last month for free.
If you are less than 6 months in, just leave (the day after payday).
move out of your apartment.
Go to immigration and tell them that you quit.
GET AN EXIT ORDER (30 days). This gives you time to find a new job and make a visa run. |
ttompatz,
Thank you for the info.
To clarify, I could quit after payday, go to the Immigration office, and tell them I quit. (No reasons necesarry?)
Get an EXIT ORDER - what is this?
Does it mean I have 30 to stay inside Korea, find a job, and then do the necessary run?
Thanks in advance. [/u] |
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Mister
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Mister wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
Your school is NOT required to give you a LOR.
IF you give notice at a hakwon be prepared to work your last month for free.
If you are less than 6 months in, just leave (the day after payday).
move out of your apartment.
Go to immigration and tell them that you quit.
GET AN EXIT ORDER (30 days). This gives you time to find a new job and make a visa run. |
ttompatz,
Thank you for the info.
To clarify, I could quit after payday, go to the Immigration office, and tell them I quit. (No reasons necesarry?)
Get an EXIT ORDER - what is this?
Does it mean I have 30 to stay inside Korea, find a job, and then do the necessary run?
Thanks in advance. [/u] |
Apologies, but I need to bump this, as I need the answer to this question.
Thanks to anyone who can answer. |
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ChilgokBlackHole
Joined: 21 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| GET AN EXIT ORDER (30 days). This gives you time to find a new job and make a visa run. |
tt, what does an Exit Order look like? My boss and I went to Immigration to get a two day extension on my ARC, and the officer either didn't know how, didn't care, or didn't see any reason not do give me an additional 30 days instead of 2. This was at the natural conclusion of my contract. According to Korean immigration, and the sticker of my passport, my stay continues until 22 days after my scheduled date of repatriation. |
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